Our cav 2.0 8v Diplomat saloon

[gidged500]

Thought I'd make a seperate thread for our other cav "k" as it's nicknamed.

Few shots ..







It's a one owner family who have had it from new.

Everything works, Air con, Heated Seats, Headlight Washers etc

Runs like an absolute dream to say it's done 100k !

Few bits were missing (rubber round n/s inductor)

And a door pin cover

I've replaced both already.

It needs a new aerial rubber if anyone has one ?

Also does anyone know about touching up leather seats ? These look a tad tired





Backs are okay






Shots of the arches





Few of the engine

[gidged500]

The knackered aerial rubber



Another interior shot

[Cavalier342]

Looks good mate, the aerial rubbers you can pick up from ebay for example, just make sure it's the right one for the body shape, i.e. hatch or saloon as I think the angle is slightly different on them. They're cheap as chips.

Not in bad nick though, it'll make a lovely restoration.

[Super89]

New black AERIAL rubber.
http://www.genuinepartsearch.co.uk/
Use Genuine part number: 90407367


For the leather i used this on mine.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GRISON-LEATHE ... 258131577f

[James McGrath]

Looks fantastic. I wish my Diplomat was as good as this.

[gidged500]

Thanks for all the comments guys !

I've just ordered a bung thanks to you guys

Will keep this thread updated for you all

[DiplomaXE]

This the one advertised near Bristol lately?
looks lovely. nearly went to see it myself (think it's the same one)

[TurboDan]

Yeah looks like the same one that was forsale, looks really nice

[btcctroy]

Looks very tidy. As for the leather seats they need to be repainted, generally the damage to the leather is in the painted finish and not the leather itself. A trimming service can do this for you or you could buy a restoration kit if you fancy the job yourself

[Ads]

looks a really nice example that mate, Ads

[chris.h]

a nice looking cav you have got there

[gidged500]

Thanks for all the positive comments !
It was the one advertised near Bristol
I'm waiting for the aerial bung to come and the leather kit that was mentioned.

Will keep the thread updated as much as possible

[gidged500]

Also this happened yesterday

[James McGrath]

Awesome.

That's the other Diplomat that was on eBay isn't it.
They must have been bought from the same dealer.

Looking at the registration dates they were registered within a week of each other:
K946 YTM: 25th November 1992
K955 YTM: 30th November 1992

Considering the survival rate of Cavaliers is only about 1% it's remarkable they are both still on the road.

[gidged500]

It was yes, brilliant find on the registered dates ! Think there are 40 diplomats left now.
We had to have the two as like you say it's incredible that two from the same garage are still going ! London I think they were from
I know they were both bt fleet cars

[James McGrath]

Pretty lucky if you got one of these as a company car.

Much better equipped than the equivalent BMW 3 series of the time.

[gidged500]

Must have been high up in by to get one , like you say lots of equipment on them, rare aswell these days !

Video of it running today

[gidged500]

Not updated this in a long time.! Anyway I got some leather restorer and put it to work on the seats the results were very impressive !













I changed the coolant temp sensor and thermostat as it wasn't running as warm as it should



Old thermostat



Can't believe id never noticed this before , the crank sensor had perished !





I cleaned the plug out and fitted a new sensor

And now it's in dry storage

[leigh200sx]

looks in great condition to be fair..

[vauxhallnutter]

Looking great, must dig out my leather seats and get them in

[cavalier1990]

lovely cars there. just got myself a dippy and cant wait to get stuck into it. I take it the arches are all ok on those, they look good from what I can see? I usually clean out the mud from behind them (no one ever does this) as it really accelerates the rusting process.

[Colorado]

very nice job on the leather

[brtkcll]

Paint codes?

[bobthevoice]

What a great find with your new Diplomat well done to you and siblings as well....brilliant.

Bob